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The General Assembly recently gave its approval to a constitutional amendment that would clear the obstacles to additional charter schools in Virginia. Check that: Republicans voted in approval, while their Democratic colleagues stood united in opposition. The partisan split was predictable. Teachers unions and others in the education lobby exert powerful influence over the Democratic Party, and politicians are keenly aware of who butters their bread, so to speak. But we cannot understand such staunch opposition to any proposal with the potential to radically improve public education for those on the lowest rungs of the economic ladder in Virginia. Sure, there will be myriad details to...

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The General Assembly recently gave its approval to a constitutional amendment that would clear the obstacles to additional charter schools in Virginia. Check that: Republicans voted in approval, while their Democratic colleagues stood united in...

Two days after announcing her plans to resign from Isle of Wight County Schools' top spot, Superintendent Katrise Perera interviewed with the New Orleans Parish School Board.
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Ask the usual proponents of public education — school superintendents, school boards and the teachers' union — about what is wrong with our public schools and their plaints will usually boil down to lack of money and too many demanding tests of...

UPDATE: Hampton University's vice president for governmental relations, Bill Thomas, has decided not to run for Hampton's School Board, he said Tuesday.Tuesday at 7 p.m. is the filing deadline for candidates. Thomas said he gathered the signatures...

YORK — York River Academy graduated its first class Tuesday night at Grafton Middle School.
"We are celebrating a historical moment," said Linda Meadows, chairwoman of the York County School Board.
During the ceremony, the graduating...

Michael Vick, speaking to a group of Philadelphia high school students Tuesday, warned against the dangers of peer pressure and offered himself as a cautionary tale of what can happen when someone is a follower instead of a leader.
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A teachers union is criticizing charter schools for taking children out of the classroom to rally at the state Capitol this week. The New York State United Teachers wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state education officials expressing concern about...

OAKLAND, Calif. California schoolchildren studying at home through a growing network of for-profit online charter schools often lack functional computers and other materials they need to learn even as millions in state tax dollars flow to the schools'...

Nine private and charter schools have sued to overturn the new rule for scholastic athletics in upstate New York that would make many students ineligible to play sports for a year when they transfer to a new school without changing residency. The rule...

Assembly Republicans are backing off their plan to force failing public schools to be converted into independent charter schools in an effort to reach a deal with Gov. Scott Walker and state senators who opposed such a penalty. The chief sponsor of the...

Gov. Larry Hogan drew inspiration from the children's book "The Little Engine That Could," as he visited a western Baltimore school Wednesday and promoted his bill to strengthen the state's charter school law. Joined by Lt. Gov. Boyd...

The state says Akron schools in northeast Ohio have made private and charter school students walk too far to their public bus stops, so the district plans to spend at least $1 million to buy more buses. The Akron Beacon Journal (http://bit.ly/1CiBHjr )...

Indiana's public schools would see a $469 million increase in funding in the new two-year state budget under a proposal released Monday by majority House Republicans that also includes an additional $40 million in grants for charter schools. The plan...

Editorials from around Pennsylvania: ___ TIME FOR A LIVING WAGE A full-time worker earning minimum wage in Pennsylvania grosses $15,000 a year. That's poverty for any employee supporting more than just themselves. For individuals, the $7.25 minimum hourly...

Chicago Public Schools officialsunveiled new school performance ratings Wednesday that the district said will help educators and parents better identify struggling and successful schools.Under the system, most of the district's 664 schools have...

Erica Eihl speaks in a voice that her kindergartners can hear only if they are as quiet as the church mice in children's storybooks.
And with a couple of squirrelly exceptions, they stay that quiet for 15 or 20 minutes — a near eternity — as Eihl...

WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama will travel to China this month with her daughters, Malia and Sasha, and her mother, Marian Robinson, for a trip built on the theme of education, her office announced Monday.
The March 19-26 trip will include a...